Device for watering stock.



S. T. KELLEY.

DEVICE FOR WATERING STOCK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-l0, I914.

1,137,21 4;. Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Witnes ses l s THE NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTO LITHO., WASHINGTON, D c.

tion, is toprovide an automatic water con-V I STEPHEN T. KELLEin-oF s nner FALLS, MONTANA.

nnvrcn FOR wATERING srooK;

To allwho itmaycoacern I V Be it known that I, STEPHEN T. linnnnv, avcitizen of the United States, residlng at l Great Falls, in the county of Cascade and State of Montana, have invented a new' and useful Device for lVateringStock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to watering devices especially designed for i use in connection With watering troughs for stock.

,Oneof theobjects of the present inventrolling device that will maintaina uniform supply of water in the drinking trough under all conditions.

Another object of the invention is to provide an automatic water controlling device capable of being operatively connected with any form of water supplying conveyers or containers. I

A further object of the present invention is to provide an automaticwater controlling I in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made Within the scope of'what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

7 The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings, wherein-- Figure 1 is a ing device applied to a water tank; the drinking trough being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the watering device, shown applied to the ordinary water pipe.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a valve casing, which is preferably, although not necessarily, constructed of stock material or parts, composed of a sleeve 1 which is interiorly threaded for the reception of the respective inner ends of the exteriorly threaded reducing nipples 2 and 3. The reducing nip-v ples 2 and 3 are outer ends, or the ends remote from the p Specification of Letters Patent.

side elevation of the water provided at their respective 1 mated A r. 27, 1915.

Application filed eugnst 10, an; 1 sens ng. 356,066.

- sleeved;with' non-circular flanges for the jreception f wrench jaws or the like, and the reducing nipple 3 is interiorly threaded for engagement with the exteriorly threaded pipe section or spout 5', which is held against rotation, relative to the reducing nipple 3, by means of the jamb nut 6 and the washers or wear plates 7 1,.

A supporting bracket or standard 8 is secured to the end of the pipe or spout 5 whlch is remote from the reducing nipple 3, means of rivets or other securing means, said bracket having fulcrumed at its upper end, a bell crank lever-9, as shown at 10. The arm 11 of the bell crank lever 9 oscillates, as will later appear, within a slot 12 formed in the outer end of the pipe or spout 5, said arm 11 being connected with the valve 18 through the instrumentality of a link 14, c the .valve 13 being guided to its seat 15, by

means of a plurality of guide pins or fingers 16, which are secured to and project perpendicularly from the valve 13, which has secured to its operative face, a washer or gasket 16, in order'to insure a water tight ]OlIll3.

In order that a predetermined quantity of water may constantly be maintained in the drinking trough 1, a float valve 18 is provided, said valve is connected to one arm of the-bell crank lever 9 by means of a link or rod 17.

In practical operation, when a quantity of water has been consumed by the stock or the like, suiiicient to cause the water levelin the drinking trough 1 to drop below a predetermined height, the float 18 in descending, will, through the instrumentality of the link 17, cause the bell crank lever 9 to oscillate on its fulcrum or pivot 10, thereby causing the arm 11 of the bell crank lever 9 to be moved in the slot 12 toward the valve casing 1, thus moving the valve 13 from its seat 15, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, allowing a fresh supply of water to flow through the valve casing 1 and spout 5 into the drinkin trough 1, from either the tank B or pipe according to which is the more convenient to be employed under the conditions to be met.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A device for watering stock, including a water supply, a bushing having a restricted inlet and an enlarged outlet connected to the supply, a tubular casing connected exteriorly nally threaded bore, an externallythreaded.

of the enlarged outlet of the bushing, a second bushing connected in the opposite end;

of the casing and having a reduced interpipe extending therethrough and having one end'projected into and'out of contact with.

thetubular casing, such extendedend forming a valve seat, the outer end of the pipe being provided With-a spout and'with a longitudinal slot in the upper Wall thereof,

7 a clampsurrounding the spout andhaving a pair of arms extending upwardly therefrom, saidarms being spaced apart so that the space thereof alines With the slot of the spout, a float actuated bell crank lever pivoted between the arms and With, one end thereof movable in the slot and projecting into the spout end of the pipe, a disk valve "having a plurality'of pins mounted in' the casing, the pins being extended into the pipe from Within so that the valve is slidable .to and from the seat and is carried by the pipe, said valve being of lesser diameter than the casing and out of contact therewith,

Witnesses: H. RODNEY, I M. J. 'MoRAN.

STEPHEN KELLE 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.- V I i i 

